republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1271.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standards For Innovation District Waivers"
description: "Under existing law, when a school district submits an innovation plan for a school or multiple schools of the school district, the state board of education (state board) must approve the plan and designate the school district as a district of innovation unless the plan is likely to decrease academic achievement or is not fiscally feasible. Once the plan is approved, the state board must grant any statutory waivers requested in the plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1271"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1271 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Kevin Priola"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f2d8ff4-e28b-4199-b518-a5f4aed9ec41"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1271"
source_hash: "4b5a129372caf816a773551a25e24c3a6ca81dc59b2b13be4ff1edd2e1c6a1c2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 17-1271 (2017A) — Standards For Innovation District Waivers

Under existing law, when a school district submits an innovation plan for a school or multiple schools of the school district, the state board of education (state board) must approve the plan and designate the school district as a district of innovation unless the plan is likely to decrease academic achievement or is not fiscally feasible. Once the plan is approved, the state board must grant any statutory waivers requested in the plan.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment L.003** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/s_ed_2017a_20170426t113724z4__hearing_summary/17SenateEd0426AttachA.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1271_S_ED_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (04/11/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1271_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1271_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (03/16/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1271_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (04/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1271sedu_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/12/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1271_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1271_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (04/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1271_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1271_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1271 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-3. — **10–3** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1271, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 6-1. — **6–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Kevin Priola — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/10/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f2d8ff4-e28b-4199-b518-a5f4aed9ec41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).